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Stuff: Compulsion and Attachment
“Regardless of how much stuff a person has – a lot or a little, minimalist or maximalist – the issue is compulsivity and attachment. Does the thing really have value, beyond the feeling that drove the acquisition? And, how attached am I to the thing?”
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Enough’s Enough: Smear Ads, Social Media Posts, Gossip, and Run-of-the-Mill Slander
What if we critiqued others less? What if, instead of judgement and criticism, we looked for the good? What if, before jumping to conclusions, we gave others the benefit of the doubt?
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“Stay focused! Disruptions are coming!”
I begin everyday with prayer and meditation. I start every day centered and spiritually grounded, or try to. But, as they say, “stuff” happens. Something on the news or social media irritates me. Someone misses an appointment. A driver offends me. I feel stressed by my “to-do” list. I spill…
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Transcending Hell
what if the Hell people need saving from, most, isn’t in their future? What if the “lost” are already in Hell, in this life? What if the “saving,” lost people need, isn’t just from a future Hell, but a current and present one?
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Look for the good
“Look for the good, even when it’s less than perfect. Affirm the good. Celebrate the good. Focus on the good, wherever you find it.”
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Kneeling Isn’t a Sin
Kneeling, during the playing of National Anthem, may be offensive to you. It may even be wrong. But, it’s not a sin.
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Worship: Where is everybody?
Perhaps its time to expand our minds. Perhaps its time to expand our understanding of what worship is and who it’s for. Perhaps its time to expand our vision for what Church can be. Perhaps – brace yourself – it’s time for change.
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Faith in the Rear View Mirror
I doubt. I worry and fret. I get scared. The “what if?” scenarios consume my thoughts, far more than my prayers. My prayers, themselves, lack the confidence of a man whom God has blessed as much and as often as me. I possess too little faith, and far too much…
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God Speaks: are you listening?
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27) Does God really speak to us? Is it possible to hear, recognize, and comprehend, the voice of God? Jesus says we can. “My sheep listen to my voice.” Throughout the Bible, God spoke… God spoke to…
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Fruitfulness
Recognize the goodness of a tree, by the good fruit in produces. Recognize a godly person by their character. Is a person’s character more like Jesus’, or like the Pharisee?
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